Johnny Depp joined Alice Cooper for an emotional tribute to Ozzy Osbourne on Friday July 25.
Alice, 77, showed love for Ozzy during his tour stop in London, England, with a performance of Black Sabbath’s 1970 hit “Paranoid”.
But during the song, out walked Johnny – who performs with Alice in the band Hollywood Vampires – with a guitar in hand to join in. Johnny was wearing a bandana and blue-lens sunglasses, with a cigarette in his mouth. He paired his shirt with a leather waistcoat and jeans, and silver necklaces.
Alice, a close friend of Ozzy’s, wore a tee-shirt with the Prince of Darkness’ name on it, and in a video shared by fans he raised his fist in the air as the song came to a close.
“Let’s hear it for Ozzy,” he screamed, in the video which you can watch here.
Ozzy, a pioneer of heavy metal music and later of new-millennium reality TV, died on July 22. He was 76.
© RedfernsHis family announced his death in a personal statement that read: “It is with more sadness than mere words can convey that we have to report that our beloved Ozzy Osbourne has passed away this morning.
“He was with his family and surrounded by love. We ask everyone to respect our family privacy at this time.”
© Getty ImagesHe is survived by his wife of 43 years, Sharon Osbourne, and his children, Jack, Kelly, Aimee, Jessica, Louis, and Elliot, and ten grandchildren. He shared Jessica and Louis with his ex-wife Thelma Riley, and he adopted her son Elliot from a previous relationship.
His death came weeks after his farewell performance with the original Black Sabbath lineup, the first time they had reunited in 20 years.
© WireImage“It’s so good to be on this [expletive] stage, you have no idea,” he told the crowd of 42,000, per Variety, at the time, adding: “Let the madness begin!”
His passing also comes five years after he disclosed that he had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease in 2003.
© Patrick McMullan via Getty Image“My dad is not the way he used to be, since the Parkinson’s and surgeries and everything that happened,” his daughter Kelly told HELLO! in June.
“So I dedicate my life to spending as much time with him as I possibly can. He’s also, like, my best friend.”
Born John Michael Osbourne on December 3, 1948 in Warwickshire, at the age of 20 he became the founding member of Black Sabbath, a seminal band in the evolution of heavy metal music in the 1970s.
His stage name came from childhood school friends.
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